Russell Westbrook endorses Sam Presti, 'very, very thankful' to have him as GM

With the Warriors visiting the Thunder on Wednesday night, a lot has been said of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook’s old partnership, but even more so, the fact that Westbrook opted to remain in Oklahoma City even after Durant opted to take his talents to Oakland.

Writing for ESPN, Royce Young wrote about the subject and in no uncertain terms, Westbrook gave his full endorsement to general manager Sam Presti. Despite some early struggles, along with Carmelo Anthony and Paul George, the Thunder have three major talents.

Whether this trio works out, the Thunder’s front office put a plan in place in July 2016 to answer one simple question: How do they go from the middle back to the upper tier again, without bottoming out?

They identified stars to pair with Westbrook, the more available the better, and George was as the top of the list.

“He’s done an amazing job. He’s done a great job ever since I’ve been here,” Westbrook said of Presti. “He’s finding ways to constantly keep making us a better team. … You definitely are very, very thankful to have somebody like that in charge of making those decisions.”

The Thunder are entering tonight’s contest at 7-9 and might be able to turn their season around if they manage to score a win over the defending champions. Although that’s far from promised, we can safely say that, at least on paper, the Thunder are in a good place with a decent talent base.

Still, in it all, it’s good to know that Westbrook endorses Sam Presti, because it’s true that Presti has done a fairly marvelous job of continually finding talents and ways to improve the team.

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